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Le Mitiche Honda Four.Pdf PIETRO NICOSIA 1 Le Mitiche Honda Four ‘70 La 750 e le altre 4 cilindri della casa giapponese Dicembre 2007 2 SOMMARIO LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Sommar io 3 Introduzione 5 Gli Anni 70 – La Rivoluzi one 7 La Storia dell’Honda 15 La CB 750 Four Dr eam 29 Le Altre Four 76 Documenti e Immagini 98 3 LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Progetto Grafico e Copertina Pietro Nicosia Archivi Fotografici Siti Internet Honda e materiale pubblicitario Honda Ringraziamenti Desidero ri ngraziare Carlo Sabbatini, Responsabile Relazioni Esterne e Ufficio Stampa Honda It alia, e Filippo Muzzo, Responsabile Marketing e Pubblicità Ho nda It alia, per la Loro collaborazione per il materiale ©Honda utilizzato . Un ringraziamento a Honda4Fun (www.honda4fun.com ), inesa ur ibile fonte di informazioni, ed a T ho mas di H4F , per la sua disponibilità . Un particolare pensiero all’am ico Enrico Guarino, per avermi i ntrodotto qualche anno fa nel mondo delle due ruo t e class ic he, e a mio fratello Vincenzo, per essermi stato sempre vicino in t ut t e le lunghe e sempre travagliate operazioni di acquisto e restauro. Ringrazio l’amico Santo Mancu so , ex pilota, oggi restauratore di mo to giappo nes i e memoria storica delle Four in Sic ilia, per essere stato disponibile ad o gni mia pig no la ric hie st a. E so prattutto mia moglie, per avermi supportato, condividendo le mie passioni. TUTTI I DIRITTI SONO RISERVATI Per informazioni e richieste: Pietro Nicosia e.mail: [email protected] 4 INTRODUZIONE LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Questo libro nasce dalla passione per la mia Honda 750 Four, che qualche anno fa acquistai senza conoscerne bene la st o ria. Da pro fano , cercai un mezzo che mi introducesse nel mondo delle moto d’epo ca. Presi presto coscienza di es sere in possesso di un pezzo di storia motociclistica del nostro secolo, di una rivoluzione che cambiò il mondo delle due ruote per sempre. Da quel lontano 1969, anno di nascita della Ho nda CB 750 Fo ur, le moto non sarebbero state più un mezzo di locomozione, ma un oggetto di desiderio e di moda, un so gno che è giunto fino ai nostri giorni. 5 INTRODUZIONE LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Pietro Nicosia, 1974, è nato a Palermo. Ingegnere, gra nde appassionato di Ho nda Fo ur, realizza il presente volume graz ie ad una lunga ricerca documentale ed alla frequentazione di meccanici, piloti, semplic i appassionati, am ici, che con la loro esperienza gli ha nno reso possibile rivivere quegli anni . 6 GLI ANNI 70 – LA RIVOLUZIONE LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Figura 1 - A sinistra, il gruppo musicale dei Beatles . A destra, il primo uomo sulla luna. 1969 Fino agli a nni sessanta, la tecnologici. L’uomo va sulla moto rappresenta un mezzo di luna, i giovani sono in locomozione, una vali da fermento. Si ascoltano i alternativa per chi non può Beat les, i Rolling Stones , i Led permettersi una automobile. Zeppelin. Solamente p er pochi, ma I costruttori di moto veramente pochi, una giapponesi abbandonano la passio ne. realizzazione di economiche Alla fine di q ueg li a nni si repliche di esemplari e uro pe i, assist e ad una svolta nel per concentrarsi nella mercat o a due ruote, una vera produzione di modelli e propria rivoluzione. innovativi e tecnologici. È il tempo di grandi cambiamenti culturali e 7 GLI ANNI 70 – LA RIVOLUZIONE LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Figura 2 - Honda Dream CB 750 Four 1969 È il 1968, quando al salone di momento era stato destinato Tokyo viene presenta t a la solo ad alcune piccole due Honda CB 750 Four. ruo t e e con grandi problemi. Il mercato della moto, tutto ad La CB 750 four, al contrario, un t rat t o , si ritrova più accende che è una favo la e no n vecchio di dieci anni. La 750 perde un colpo. Four ha un motore quattro Contemporaneamente la cilindri in linea, un Kawasaki presenta la H1 Mach concentrato di potenza, III 500. tecnologia e affidabilità. Il mercato inglese, che fino a Una strumentazione molto quel momento l’aveva fatta da completa e precis a. E per la padrone, si blocca, fino a prima volta una moto po ssiede collassare in pochi anni. di se rie il freno a disco Sco mpaio no Norton, BSA, anteriore e l’avviamento Triump h. elettrico, che fino a quel 8 GLI ANNI 70 – LA RIVOLUZIONE LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Figura 3 - Il 4 cilindri in linea fronte marcia 736 cc. della Honda Resist e il mercato tedesco con ai costruttori, pone l’embargo Bmw, che rappresenta, con i sulla importazione di certe suoi boxer, un concetto di cilindrate in rapporto al peso moto differente rispetto alle del veicolo. Le moto inglesi e giapponesi, giapponesi sono t ro ppo specializzandosi nel settore po t ent i e leggere per quelle To uring. italiane, tanto che alcuni Va in crisi il mercato italiano, importatori, per bypassare il che non è pronto a questi problema, appesantiscono cambiamenti. Addirittura il alcuni modelli con accessori governo, per venire incontro quali il paramotore. 9 GLI ANNI 70 – LA RIVOLUZIONE LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Le finiture di tutte le concorrenti, sono in ogni ca so di basso livello qualitativo , se co nfro nt ate con quelle della 750 Fo ur. Le strumentazioni ris ult a no solitamente imprecise e fragili, non progettate per sopportare le molteplici vibrazioni della moto, e spesso ve ngo no inserite all’interno di supporti di gomma, per non essere danneggiate. La 750 Four presenta vibrazioni impercettibili, grazie alla concezione del motore a 4 cilindri in linea. Le prestazioni so no da fuoriclasse . Gli st r ume nt i, oltre che Figura 4 - Una Pubblicità dell'epoca che completi e precisi, sono anche mette in risalto il 4 cilindri del 750 Honda belli da ve dere. Le finit ure risultano di una Accessori che vengono qualità mai vista fino a quel successivamente smontati momento su una moto. dalla concessionaria o dall’acquirente. Alla sua comparsa, la 750 Four ha poche concorrenti: Norton Commando 750, BMW 750 R75/5, Triumph Trident 750 e la sua gemella BSA Rocket 3, Laverda GT 750, Moto G uzzi 700 V7. Hanno tutte freni a tamburo, e tranne le due gemelle a tre cilindi, hanno tutte due cilindri. Il cambio è a 4 marcie, tranne che nella Laverda. Figura 5 - Il mitico logo Honda ad ali 10 GLI ANNI 70 – LA RIVOLUZIONE LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Figura 6 - La 750 Four in una pubblicità giapponese dell'epoca. Da notare il casco con visiera a bolla stile astronauta In definitiva, non ci si deve gruppo De Tommaso, ovvero stupire quando si dice che la Moto Guzzi e Benelli, che Honda CB 750 Four è stata una realizzano la Moto Guzzi GTS moto rivoluzionaria. 350/400 e la Benelli 500 Il successo delle Honda Four è Quattro, copiando i pro p ulso ri tale che la situazione si rispettivamente della Honda riba lt a. 350 Four e della Honda 500 Non sono più i giapponesi a Fo ur. copiare spudoratamente Rest ano comunque in modelli europei, come aveva po sizio ne deficitaria per la fatto la Kawasaki con la sua W mancanza di alcuni elementi 650 creando un clone della tecnologici quali i freni a BSA 650 A7/A10. disco, ormai di serie su tutti i Un esempio di questa modelli Honda Four. inversione di ro tta è dato dal 11 GLI ANNI 70 – LA RIVOLUZIONE LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR In queste pagine sono assenti molti dei particolari ripo rt at e le concorrenti t ecno logici che hanno reso principali della Honda CB 750 famosa la rivoluzionaria Four. Come si vede, sono q uat t ro cilindri Ho nda. Figura 7 - Norton Commando 750 Figura 10 - BMW r75/5 750 Figura 8 - Triumph Trident 750 Figura 11 - Laverda GT 750 Figura 9 - BSA Rocket 3 750 Figura 12 - Moto Guzzi V7 700 12 GLI ANNI 70 – LA RIVOLUZIONE LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Gli anni settanta sono anche prestazioni elevate, ma s ulle gli anni delle crisi petrolifere. due ruo t e come alternativa Nel 1973 e ne l 1979, mo t ivi economica all’ a ut o . po lit ici inducono i paesi arabi a da r vita alla prima e alla seconda crisi petrolifera mo ndiale. Figura 13 - Pubblicità Honda durante la Figura 14 - Pubblicità Honda Cb 350 Four crisi petrolifera degli anni '70 durante la crisi petrolifera Il prezzo del greggio al barile La moto, che si era conquistata raggiunge cifre elevatissime, il posto di sogno, di status mettendo in serie difficoltà symbol, ora si mette in l’economia mondiale. evidenza per la sua praticità e Diventano comuni termini i bassi costi di esercizio . Ci si co me ‚embargo ‛ e ‚aust erit y‛. districa facilmente nel L’influenza della crisi si traffico, ci si diverte e si aiuta rif let t e anche nel settore il paese a risparmiare prezioso motociclistico, che cerca di oro nero in un periodo puntare, non più sulle piuttosto duro. 13 GLI ANNI 70 – LA RIVOLUZIONE LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Figura 15 – In questa pubblicità dell’epoca si mette in relazione l'uscita della Honda CB 750 Four con lo sbarco dell'uomo sulla luna 14 LA STORIA DELL’HONDA LE MITICHE HONDA FOUR Figura 16 - Soichiro Honda, Fondatore della Honda Motor Co. Soichiro Honda, o Mr. Honda , Fo nda co sì, ad Hamamatsu nel come fu conosciuto in tutto il 1946, l’Honda Technical mondo dopo il successo della Institute e avvia la produzione sua azienda, inizia la s ua di due ruote.
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